i'm not anti- mask, never happened but i'm just saying with 200 plus vaccinations, a breeze and a nice refreshing spring air. i'm not here to say, is just springtime. the air is wonderful. i am kudlow. >> the wake of the chauvin guilty verdict, president session congress next week to outline police reform is a great start in here is a list of the things should lay out including successful interactions with police officers in the communities, that would be the big move for communities and cops, that means more immunities, it would be officers involved and invested place they live and work. instead of receiving every interaction is enemy territory, research from yale and mit found when police go to door-to-door

visits but gave personalized visit cards and numbers, people's perception of the 50 includes, improved dramatically and a deputy, i speak from expense. 2013, lapd officers running a policing program and coached a local football team and violent crime dropped by almost 50% in that neighborhood. a better defense coordination and hurling rubber bullets and urine bombs at each other so at one time does a police force become a paramilitary unit? scanning the horizon for the enemy in 1997, then president clinton eager to boost the drug war starting to allow state launchers, military aircraft and armored vehicles to local police departments coinciding with an explosion of s.w.a.t. team and that meant no knock raids and expansion of the military mindset by all accounts should

be separate from local policing in 2015, president obama curtailed that program president trump brought it back and expanded it in 2017 so look for the biden administration to shrink you think again, we obviously need to find rational common ground here. let's move on, it's gotten out of control and that the federal state partnership encourages local departments to do dirty work and do as much as possible particularly drug raids even when somebody is innocent. take a stroll through the institute for justices website and see what's said in city departments, that's what they do. new mexico at what 2015, cops can only use criminal when they've gotten a conviction. teachers unions, here is next one, police unions are just as toxic, masterful at keeping them on the job the way teachers

union keeps teachers in the classrooms and cherry picked arbitrators, they reinstate 25% of removed officers who have done nasty stuff. the average unionization rate in the country is 11%. cops, 60% for collective bargaining funds records, a shield officers to behavior patterns are magically erased. records were expunged every two years. police are not the enemy the drive and problem so it's time to keep them off the force it away from your aspects and hand-me-downs once and for all and that's where we start and that is the memo. earlier today white house press secretary general psaki laid out what president biden's planning to do next week. >> as he's thinking about what his speech is next week, he has every intention of using it as an opportunity to elevate this

issue and talk about the importance of putting police reform measures in place. kennedy: what the return measures to the president proposed? the best solutions on this, joining me to break down the cato institute vice president for criminal justice, welcome, clark. >> good to be with you. kennedy: i touch on a few things but they are different areas and avenues that could be investigated and expanded to improve policing throughout the country because that's ultimately what we want to do, we want people to be safe and trust law enforcement in the communities and stop these abuses. i laid out a few things but you have other issues as well, what should the biden administration do in terms of qualified immunity? >> the two biggest things we are missing and need to talk about his work criminalization, criminalizing way too much activity that brings police in contact with the community when

is nothing at stake. the corner stone of our accountability policy for law enforcement is qualified immunity by the supreme court that the that makes it very difficult for someone whose rights have been violated to see the perpetrator, police officer who committed the violation qualified immunity is got to be limited, that's the number one they should set for police reform. kennedy: that's been a bipartisan effort and you have seen a lot of liberty republicans rand paul and breonna taylor he put forth, former congressman, qualified immunity act cosponsored by presley, she has reintroduced that so how does that work? a lot of these are done at the local level, what could and should the federal government do here? are these just a list of

suggestions? >> no, this is a really important policy that congress can and should tackle. we have a federal law, section 1983 that makes state and local government officials including police liable to citizens for the deprivation of any rights. the problem is the supreme court has got a section 1983 by inventing is qualified immunity defense out of it. congress has one of the most important accountability reforms available, which is eliminating doctrine of qualified immunity they could but tomorrow and send it to president biden for signature and they should. kennedy: i touched on this a little bit but i don't think people realize how disruptive it can be to someone's livelihood. the way the federal government has partnered with these local departments, policing for profit, when they take resources away from local community issues and apply them to federal agents

and law enforcement in order to get terrorists sometimes people guilty and have houses taken away. one young man had his taken away and they finally got back. >> one of the most pernicious developments in criminal justice is when government started tasking police with raising revenue and it's common fines and fees and civil forfeiture. when you put police out on the field and tell them they have to participate in revenue raising, it makes police kind of a shadow tax system so they are forfeiting vehicles in cash and issuing citations and fines when they should be helping people so partly it's their fault, they have a powerful political policy and they shipped but they don't. they are taking people's cars in

cash and engaging in forfeitures they ought to be up there solving serious crimes which they have gotten less effective at doing the past several decades. kennedy: they are coming for your stuff, two and good luck getting it back, it's an expensive process and i have to say, i love good cops, i do it i appreciate when people are drawn to policing for the right reason but we need to get rid of bad cops and people like derek chauvin but so many police officers in danger and shame on him. i'm glad they convicted him. thank you for your time. okay, bye. how long will derek chauvin be locked up for the murder of george floyd? now the former police officer has been found guilty of second and third degree murder and manslaughter, the judge has eight weeks to come up with a sentence and there are questions whether or how more should file an appeal, in the spotlight for years, the president is weighing

in. this made a fair trial impossible so what's next in minneapolis? here to discuss, emily, welcome back. >> great to be here. kennedy: i wish you were in studio. let's talk about sentencing guidelines judge has. what could he face and what will he most likely face from the judge? >> for the second-degree murder charge, we know maximum available is 40 years, sentencing guidelines recommend 12.5 and they recommend 12 and a half as well for third-degree murder and for manslaughter if they recommend for with maximum of ten but here's the thing, we know there are aggravating factors the prosecution is pushing for in here is going to be up to the judge, the defendants, the convicted felon derek chauvin agreed to have the judge consider and ultimately rule on aggravating factors so

if he determines there are aggravating factors including wearing uniform at the time and children watching, i predict the most he get consistent with minnesota statistics, it's double sentencing guidelines so taking 12 and a half to about 25 years has its one act upon which these convictions are based on and that's what the sentencing only has to do with the most severe charge and conviction of second-degree murder. kennedy: we will be watching and obviously the team is starting to work on an appeal already, how does that work? i read 90% of appeals do not take in his chances are not good but what are some factors? what is he relying on in terms of how the jury might have been prejudiced and maxine waters and the shooting death daunte wright? >> one is ever -- it's for the

obligated by the fact that the court, they are elected officials that make up the majority so it's not quite the same inflation you might expect to receive in other states. all promotions defense attorney eric nelson filed during the trial and miss trial at the end, those are the roadmap for what you can expect so yes, judge cahill received not only to move the venue of the trial and sequester the jury and gag order only applied to officials in the case and also he limited them from watching the news but from engaging in social media from watching talk shows in this case, permeating and entire fabric for the year so the jury was exposed to many, as well during instruction so we knew it's based on the felony murder rule, minnesota is unique and it includes assault as felony and

liabilities there which means similar to getting a speeding ticket, it doesn't matter your intent, he did it so you are guilty. instructions were odd and blended the intent aspect so that's another avenue that likely will move to appeal. bottom line, he has a lot of options. i doubt it will be successful. the one to note, remember third-degree murder turned on "the issue is" whether the eminent danger was appealed, applied to one person or many. at the time, then the officer was convicted on that so the judge here said okay, we are going to bring back the charged and convicted of it. that's in front of the supreme court of minnesota right now so that really is overturned and that supreme court determines that charge should only be applied to groups instead of one person, that i would say is the most successful chance he has, that's a lower charge .

kennedy: that's the one he wanted to be duty to before the trial. obviously that didn't happen and i'm curious, i can't imagine he'll be the most popular inmate in the maximum-security facility. thank you so much. >> thank you. kennedy: after nearly 20 years, america's longest war could soon be over how much praise does the president deserve in the withdrawal? next, u.s. army vet joining us to discuss in moments. ♪♪

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afghanistan and the civil war so is it another case i'm not lindsay, is this just another case were addicts in washington suffering withdrawal from endless conflict? joining michigan republican congressman committee member and iraq war veteran, welcome back to the show. >> thank you, a pleasure to be on. kennedy: i know there have been people in both parties were really upset we are finally withdrawing troops from afghanistan, what is the obsession when you can't outline what victory looks like or what we are fighting for our any objectives at some time you got to cut bait. >> with all due respect to senator graham, he mentioned getting dragged civil war, we

been in the middle of civil war in afghanistan for 20 years. our initial objective was to deny century al qaeda so they couldn't attack us, conduct overseas attacked we been effective at that. we need continual efforts there but we can't be -- not as long as u.s. troops are still on the ground, that settlement will be impossible. kennedy: what are we supposed to do and how is it that the department of defense is able to pull every excessive administration further and further into this conflict by convincing them there are secret if you pull out, the whole thing will come down and hurt us? we've already hurt the people who live in afghanistan was billions of dollars infrastructure and everything is infrastructure now, they have high unemployment and a great

deal of dissatisfaction with u.s. spaces and troops still over the. >> i was in afghanistan 2013 -- 15 so i would have not only been on that but noncombatant in afghanistan and it was clear from my expenses that this was not a conflict that could and militarily. you mentioned generals and national security apparatus that's grown accustomed to having opportunity to rock a career promotion, to have identity of their careers being rolled into this long multi- decade role, you fear change and you fear what you don't know. i fear the pentagon fear what it could look to promote stable afghanistan that puts more burden on the regional actors in pakistan and other countries in our region to carry that weight looking at it as opportunity to kick the u.s. in the shins.

kennedy: we know from information requests as well as people reporting that the pentagon lied about afghanistan for years and only compounded the situation and they are still operating under outdated information but you're looking on legislation to get rid of those. >> yes, we have four authorizations and military force, we have 2001, use of global ones in war in afghanistan and the war in afghanistan was clear, nobody thought that that was the intent but we have the 2002 authorizing us to go into iraq and take out saddam hussein and 91 from prior time in iraq 1957 and eisenhower administration so there's bipartisan legislation to repeal the 2002, 57 and looking at reform of the 2001 rather than

just afghanistan used to justify and over 19 countries. kennedy: and when i started talking about the military industrial complex, this is the manifestation he was talking about, this really is a fungus that's grown in the dark and good for you in a bipartisan way shining light on all of this, thank you for your time. >> thank you. kennedy: coming up, many around the country celebrating incarcerated for weed, releasing everyone in prison for marijuana offenses. will the president keep his word on weed? pardoned by former president trump, next. ♪♪

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from colorado to d.c. celebrating 420. i'd like to highlight some were still riding in prison for

marijuana crimes, outdated sentences has past presidents ignored their plea. a federal lifer, busted for importing mexican reefer, he's been in a cage -- sorry, delightful detention facility since 2004. he chose trial over a plea and they locked him up under a 1970 statute. if he had done the same thing today, they would call him and influencer kim kardashian would be having his baby. in federal custody over pot, life sentence because he went to mexico. he was convicted 20 years ago and recently said all i want is to reunite with my children and grandkids so we can put my past mistakes to bed. april the second chance month. i pray president biden will decide he's worthy of a second

chance so we can be together with all our missed years. biden said i think we should decriminalize marijuana and i think everyone anyone who has a record should be let out of jail, the record expunged, completely zeroed out does not include them? here is a slice of biden pie by the numbers, 450,000 people locked up for nonviolent drug offenses, 13,007,150 pending clemency applications and nothing that says this administration can't grant every single one. vice president harris walker 1900 san francisco and's for pot when she was d.a. even though talked about smoking weed herself. five were fired for smoking marijuana which is in d.c. in 15 states recreationally and 37 state medicinally. 69% of u.s. adults support

legalizing marijuana in a pool showed voters want legal weed more than they want $15 an hour minimum wage and turning to the paris climate record. president biden is still buying time on his issue, dragging his feet while democrat counterparts clinic senate majority are marching forward with legislation to end the federal prohibition of marijuana once and for all. we live in strange times but there's never been a better time for a clearer issue than this prohibition has passed, it's time to let reefer freedom ring. that's the memo. here we go. white house press secretary jen psaki dodged questions on whether president biden would commute prison sentences for now nonviolent drug offenders and too many people are suffering from all of this so will president biden live up to these

promises? i hope so. here with me now, cofounder criminal justice reform advocate, music producer pardoned by president trump late last year, welcome. >> how are you doing? >> how long did you spend in prison for marijuana crime? >> thirteen years in prison for $900 worth of cannabis. kennedy: that is insane. for those of us who hear stories like that, it makes us mad in our blood boil. how did you go through 13 years and maintain hope? when you got out, you are off for clemency and 2016 by president obama but fully pardoned by president trump. when you got out, you had so much creativity and inspiration to go forward and create some foundations, how did you maintain hope?

>> and i got out, i was a lucky one, i had people pulling for me but the majority of people in prison don't have celebrities or political people pulling for them so i knew i had to be the voice for the people left behind. one of the gentlemen mentioned earlier during a white house briefing serving 22 years following state law in california, he was prosecuted under that statute and he still in prison right now. kennedy: and he was offering medical marijuana. this isn't someone selling heroin at a middle school but that's how many of these people are treated. now you have mission green, which is part of your personal foundation, tell me about that and how are you helping people still incarcerated for marijuana crimes? >> we launched the project to focus exclusively on people serving federal prison time for cannabis and recently we called on president biden to issue a proclamation that would grant a

general pardon to anybody convicted of cannabis body. kennedy: we are here on 420 and there's still a lot of people, i read over 13000 clemency petitions still pending with this white house, is there anything stopping vice president harris and president biden from granting pardon or clemency to the people they promised to help? >> absolutely not. biden said it on the campaign trail and during the debates, no one should be in prison for cannabis while he doesn't support full legalization, he supports decriminalization and expunging records so we are going to hold him to it. he made those promises and people are sitting in prison while watching a week continue to enrich themselves off this and simultaneously giving some in prison and hypocrisy must stop. kennedy: are you amazed people are still particularly democrat settling the fence on this

issue, which clearly has not been a doomsday scenario in places like oregon and colorado that they promised when state passed the marijuana laws? >> it's mind blowing. kennedy: it is but you are here, free, you got beautiful mountains behind you. i know your family says president trump and obama and i thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> best of luck to you. mission green. house of representatives has passed state banking act with strong bipartisan support for the second time, the bill will allow companies and banks to do business without shutting them down. bill already died in the senate in 2019, is there any hope senate majority leader chuck schumer and get it done now or even veteran legalize marijuana? interim president of the u.s. cannabis counsel, steve hawkins is here.

welcome. >> thanks for having me. kennedy: for people who don't know about the u.s. counsel, tell us about your mission. >> the u.s. cannabis counsel has brought together some of the largest cannabis companies in the country as well as reading advocacy organizations as well as critical trade groups because we seen this as a real moment change and we are bringing together collective voices under one tent so we can push for utilization. kennedy: we need marijuana to be federally legalized. state banking act will finally make it possible for some of these mom and pop shops. as you pointed out, entrepreneurs of color, women entrepreneurs, people who participate in the cannabis industry, they have to do everything in cash right now, how would this make their life easier?

>> the state banking act in the house yesterday, huge bipartisan support and what it does, it makes possible banking small operators, minority and women operators who aren't operating at the level of a huge organizations but what they need is to get business loans from banks and engage an opportunity to grow their businesses in an industry is going to do $24 billion in revenue this year. kennedy: that's cash and everyone knows it so that means these places are magnets for criminal activity to be held up by people who know they are transporting large amounts of cash and also all cash invite shenanigans and its discriminatory.

>> it certainly is. cannabis will help higher revenue this year in the nfl and imagine if every nfl transaction was cash. kennedy: is impossible and a bit ago we were talking about the crisis at the border and these states essentially run by terrorists, they run and rich themselves because cannabis and other drugs are still illegally federally in the united states, what will federally legalizing do to improve legalization and conditions in guatemala, honduras and el salvador as well as mexico and the u.s.? >> legalization of cannabis will create jobs, opportunity not only in this country but in the south, mexico is considering legalization, canada already has so by the u.s., we already have

a market for cannabis in this country but right now it's considering an illegal market where people go to jail, just now talking, that needs to stop and there's strong bipartisan support, we know that seven states have legalized cannabis in the last five months and as you said that shows 69% of americans across party lines support legalization of cannabis. kennedy: they do and rightly so, they've seen the effects it means for a lot of people they have a different place to stop other than the liquor barn and many are happy for the traces. we are certainly happy you are fighting for freedom, thank you so much. coming up, vladimir putin and

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russian president appears to be on the verge of a full-scale invasion of ukraine, the same time his opponent being transferred to hospital reportedly clean to life.

this is not good, who says there's nothing anyone can do so don't even try. you remember he was poisoned and arrested, sent to prison a hunger strike for weeks. supporters were taken to the street all over russia and getting arrested in the process and putin made his version of the state of the union today, western nations are warned to stay out of his way. we really don't want to burn bridges but if someone receives in different or weakness and ready to burn bridges and the response would be harsh. i cut you. they refer to the old proverb in russia, bridge crosses you so what does this mean for biden and me and you ukraine? joining me to discuss, chairman and ceo, mike baker is back. i'll come back. >> thank you very much, natasha from rocky in full legal, that

was impressive. kennedy: i don't like to brag. [laughter] so you can tackle this anyway you want. is the fact that they are in economic yogurt getting people because to go to the streets and feel emboldened? >> this is complex. putin is despite the fact that he saw, he's a layered complex thought but he does tend to act in the same way in certain situations so when the economy is soft or heading south and usually that's based on oil prices, almost 40% of russian gdp is based on petroleum products so when that is heading south, he's looking for external threats to refocus public's

attention. the average net salary of russian today is about $500 a month so he doesn't have much wiggle room if the economy really get ugly but he does for external threat and you could argue that's one of the reasons why the military buildup on the ukraine border and a lot of people are still surprised and think there's still conflict between russian rebels it's been going on seven here's so does he want him to die in prison? they moved him on that colony, you got to admire the russians maintain colonies. [laughter] so he's moving to a hospital and on a hunger strike end of march

putin is not going to let him die in captivity but he wants to make an example. he is the primary opposition leader but in a place like russia, it's all relative given the political climate and the grip putin has on military and oligarchs and business, it's kind of a kung fu grip so he's not going to let him die in captivity. kennedy: what would happen? what was the response from the un? obviously his supporters are still taking to the streets and no what it means for them, it's not going to end well for them, it's going to be worse because they are by and large weekend but anonymous so what happened if he died in prison? >> i suspect a harshly worded memo sent his way. from the u.s. or un or both.

he does in part because he gets away with it. he annexed crimea and nothing happened, there was no downside. he's poisoned everyone and that is a fact, it's not theory that maybe he's been poisoning opposition. nothing really happened. he got russian intel officers expelled from the country or allies but there's really again, no real downside so he continues to act this way. the u.s. does not want to be in military conflict with russia and also knows that we don't have that much in the way of leverage. we can put some sanctions on bum china what he expects from us, almost nothing to the u.s. limited leverage there so he gets away with these things and occasionally we throw out of the crib and by golly he better not

do it again. [laughter] kennedy: mike baker, you are a miracle, thank you so much. >> thank you. kennedy: ♪♪

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